GREATER Shepparton City Council Mayor, Cr Kim O’Keeffe has been re-elected as chair of Regional Cities Victoria (RCV) for 2022 at a ceremony on Thursday, December 16.
RCV is a leadership group comprising of the mayors and CEOs of the 10 largest cities outside Melbourne, including Shepparton, Bendigo and Mildura, with these cities collectively home to more than 600,000 Victorians.
Kim served in this role for the first time this year, having served as deputy chair in 2019. Latrobe City Council Mayor, Cr Kellie O’Callaghan was elected as deputy chair for 2022.
Cr O’Keeffe said she was extremely pleased to be re-elected as the chair for another term, giving her the ability to further advocate for necessary investment in regional Victoria.
This was the first time the RCV election had been hosted in Shepparton, with the event held at Shepparton Art Museum. Cr O’Keeffe said it was fantastic to host RCV in our region, saying she looked forward to many more opportunities in the future.
“We were grateful to host RCV at the newly opened Shepparton Art Museum and give everyone a tour of the incredible facility. The building is a major drawcard for Greater Shepparton and regional Victoria, and it was fantastic to share this with our neighbouring regional cities,” she said.
“It is so important that we continue to advocate to improve the infrastructure, services and amenities in regional areas to continue to attract people to work, live and visit in these parts of the state.”
